folks, this is the most important election you have ever voted in your entire life. no one can deny that the last eight years we have been dug into a very deep hole. here at home with regard to the economy, and abroad in terms of our kblet. -- credibility. there's a need for a fundamental change on our fundamental philosophy as well as our foreign policy. barack obama and i don't measure progress toward that change based on whether or not we cut more regulations and how well c.e.o.'s are doing or giving another $4 billion in tax breaks for exxon mobile. we measure progress in america based on whether or not someone can pay their mortgage, whether or not they can send their kid to college. whether or not they are able to, when they send their cliled like we have abroad, and john has as well, i might add, to fight, that they have the best quimmed equipped and they have everything they need. and when they come home, they are guaranteed to have the best health care and the best education possible. in the neighborhood i grew up in, it was all about dignity and respect. a